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Assessing Your Risk for Breast Cancer

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October 5, 2023

Roseburg , OR — One in eight women will have breast cancer in their lifetime. Breast cancer screening could save your life. Schedule your breast cancer risk assessment at VA today by calling 541-440-1000!

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Assessing Your Risk for Breast Cancer

One in eight women will have breast cancer in their lifetime. Breast cancer screening could save your life. Schedule your breast cancer risk assessment at VA today by calling 541-440-1000!

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. To learn more about breast cancer screening at VA, download our SERVICE Act handout or call 1-855-VA-WOMEN for more information.

Although no direct link has been found between military service and breast cancer, we continue to study the effects your service may have on your health.

The SERVICE Act requires VA to ensure that any Veteran who was deployed during active military, naval, or air service, to an identified area where they may have had a toxic exposure (such as burn pits) is eligible for a breast cancer risk assessment by a VA health care provider and a clinically appropriate mammogram either within the VA or in the community.

 

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